A Solar Prominence from SOHO
How can gas float above the Sun? Twisted magnetic fields arching fromthe solar surface can trap ionized gas, suspending it in huge looping structures. These majestic plasma arches are seen as prominences above the solar limb. In 1999,this dramatic and detailed imagewas recorded by the Extreme ultraviolet Image Telescope (EIT) on boardthe space-based SOHO observatoryin the light emitted byionized Helium.
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